Spring-wheel for road-vehicles.



No. 889,077. PATENTED- MAY 26,1908.

EIWIGKS.

, SPRING WHEEL POE ROAD VEHICLES.

APPLIGATION FILED Jmm ze, 190s.

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SPRING WHEEL FOR ROAD VEHICLES.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 29.1906:

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT om n FREDERICK WI oKs, o r;EsiiEa, ENGLAND.

SPRING-WHEEL FOR ROAD-VEHICLES.

To all whom it may j'concern:

' authoryasubjec't oftheKing of Great Brit other side where it is brokenoil;-

-ringof segments extruded beyond irainework of the wheel with-a divisionbe-v tween feach. \Vlnle one series or ring of Bo it known that I;FREDERICKWICKS,

aim and :Ireland, residing at Halfway Lodge, Esher, 1n the county of'Surre'y,- England,

haveI-invented-new and useful Improve merits in Spring Wheels for"Road-Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is designed to form a wheel.

for road vehicles, which although ina'de of metal shall be re'siliei1ta,t the periphery. I form the periphery of a 'n'un lier of pedals,

each forming a section of the: periphery, and

each "section being capable-of resilience independently of any otherpedal or section. These pedals are arranged in series 'forining with theintervening space between each a pedals would be sufficient to carry avehicle of light weight, vided for heavier vehicles.

In *the accompanying drawings I repre sent a wheel-having a peripherycomposed of four series of pedals suitable for bearing vehicles ofainediuni weight.

Figure i represents asect on of the wheel from the hub to the peripheryon one side of the wheel and extending half way to the Fig. :3represents anelevation o'f-t-he wheel. On

the left is shown the outside covering; on the right the coverings arere niwed, ex-

posing; the internal arrangement. I

The pedals numbered 1' at the exterior part and 1 at the interior orshank are.

formed preferably oicase hardened steel and are lorced outwards by-the.springs 2."

'lhese'pedals' each cinitrolled by its spring are extruded beyond theframework oi the wheel round" the whole ofthe periphery in a" circle. Aside view of these pedals is shown in Fig. 2 and an endyiew-in Fig. 1,

Each series of pedals isat'the periphery divided from itscompanionseries by a ring of's'teel 3, and the whole series oi pedalsand dividing rings is inclosed by the two exterior-disks l. The shanks loi the series of pedals are divided by corresponi'linp rings 5 and theexterior disk 4 which also incloses-an inner ring 6, This inner ring (iand the series oi rings 5 sustaining the spr-in is l which ex-' oithe;pe-

trude the pedals 1- ii-om the base. .ripheryj 'lhe, boitsand nuts 7ca-rryupon lhein rollers b ,a-iw en each 'of ihe pedals Specification ofLetters Patent. 7 Application filed June 29, 1906. Serial No. 32%,081.

the solid which are .l ld ll' two'or more can be pro SlOli -which alsothe'coverii g disk ,bolts 18. There are other ways in which -1 atentedMay .26, 1908.

transversely and pass through the rings 3 and the outer" disks t thusholding-together 'steadyingthe ingress and egress of the pedals as theymeet with obstruction or inequality on the roadway. and adapt themselvesto theinequalities as they pass over them.

. Furtherresili'ence is provided between the ring 6 and-the-hub ltibythe springs 11 position by the tubular guides 12 being pinned to the hubat 13. These tubeguides traverse the aperture 14 in the ringfi and areheld at the outer end in position by the bolt :15 working within the hedisk 1? inclo'ses this inner circle of springs which rest uponthe hub 10to this supplementary resiliency may be secured by the provision ofsprings between the outer part of the wheel and the hub,- but they wouldin each case telescopic niotion realized by depression and recoil ofsprings' The range of expansion and depres 'on provided by rnyinventionis restricted by the slot, 19 shownin dotted lines i and i'n full linesin Fig.

20 and .21 ,,the

in the disk 17 in Fig l 1. lorrespondnig spaces latter being shown indotted lines in Fig. '2,

also ln'eseribe the limit ol'resilienee allowed to theseinner springs,such liinit being arbitrary and tobe-varied as circumstances niayrequire.

\Vhat I claim and desii'e to seourej by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates is.:=-

1. ltyehi -le wheel including -a periphery consisting: of disks. meansadapted to-sec ure the disks together. rollers intnu'iied upon'saidmeans, and pedals resiliently support-ed between the disks r. i

l 2., vehicle .wheel including, .a' periphery consisting of di-sks,-rings, pedals resiliently mounted between the rings', 1n eans for securiiig the disks. and ringsioge'ther, and-rollers inounted uponsaid-means.

'the several parts and prov'idingby means "of-the rollers for the easynioveinent-of the is bolted by the be in .the nature of a 'ed ring,disks, disks, pedals resiliently supported between the lastnamed rings,and

3. -A vehicle including a resiliently mountlungs mounted between thesecure the disks nn'dfsaidlast named rings together.

4. A vehici Wheel including a pen )hery consisting of disks, rings,pedals resiliently mounted between the rings, and means for securing thedisks and rings together.

5. A vehicle wheel comprising ahub, a rin resilientlv secured to saidhub, disks secured to said ring, and pedals resiliently mounted betweenthe disks.

6. A vehicle wheel comprising a hub, guidessecured to the hub andprowrided with means adapted to' on, bolts passed throughthe ring. andsaid slots in their outer ends,'a ring provided with apertures for thereception. of the guides,. whereby the ring is slidably mounted there-20 slots to limit the inward movement of the ring,'springs interposedbetween the ring and the hub, and a resilient periphery secured to thering.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

FR EDERIGK WICKS. Witnesses H. W, JAMESON; F. L. RAND.

